SADIO Mane’s late winner sealed a first defeat for Crystal Palace on the road since Alan Pardew took charge.

The Eagles had won their first five away under the new manager and fancied their chances of extending that streak against the hosts, who had not won in five on the South Coast.

But Mane ended a home goal drought of 387 minutes when he seized on Julian Speroni only blocking James Ward-Prowse’s shot into his path, dinking into the net.

The opening 45 minutes were low on quality although Speroni did keep out Eljero Elia’s shot with Graziano Pelle prodding the rebound wide under pressure from Martin Kelly.

Palace had two big chances early in the second half. Fraser Forster got behind Jason Puncheon’s shot and then Wilfried Zaha saw his strike come back off the left upright after the Saints keeper had denied Yannick Bolasie moments earlier.

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